Which of the following quotes indicate the development of the author as he struggles to fit into American culture while maintaining his identity? (Choose 3) (RI3)
Select 3 correct answer(s)
Question 10 options:
"For my entire life, everyone, including me, had known me by my Korean name: Jun Hyuk. But here, in this new country, in a brand-new classroom full of foreign faces, I had to pick a new, easy-to-pronounce, American name. Jason. Jason Kim."
"What was so fun about waiting in line, running up the steps, and going down a tiny slide over and over again? What was the value in sprinting after your classmate like a person with rabies, screaming, 'TAG!'"
I got rid of my fitted vests for loose-fitting basketball jerseys." my Beyoncé sweatshirt was definitely doing more work than I did onscreen. It was genuinely baffling to think that anyone could look at my very Korean face and feel a sense of connection, much less react in a positive way to the very features I hated about myself for so long.
At one point during my 20s, I took a long, dramatic look in the mirror and realized, You will be Korean for the rest of your life. As a teenager growing up in the Midwest, that thought made me cringe. Now, it makes me happy and deeply proud.
We are at the point in our culture where people are finally beginning to talk about Asian identities in the media.